why do boneless wings sometimes get a bad rep or mocked?

Because there’s flavour in the bones

My youngest says they are just fancy chicken nuggets lol. I can't eat meat on the bone so I've never had wings

It's fucked up! I actually can't stand wings or any meat with bone in them.

Ya need bones to fly

I think they tend to have more processing than the ones on the bone; that is my reason for eating the ones on the bone.
I am sure the taste is good.

I think because there not actually the wing part. Just chicken breast seasoned and fried like wings.

Also its the tradition of eating them with your hands. If you cant eat them like wings are they still wings?

I dont personally have a problem with them but i think of them as different foods.

Boneless wings...........means "formed chicken". Scraps.........chicken meat paste from offal, meat cut from spoiled or damaged chicken parts in transit from farm to factory......artificial flavorings......and seasoned breading that has god knows how many preservatives and chemicals in that.......formed into wing shapes....nuggets.........and sold as actual chicken.

Because people are so silly. ☺

Because they're nuggets

probably because they seem like fake scrap meat not legit chicken pieces idk